Hair curler



R. J. MOTT HAIR CURLER March 30, 1948.

Filed Feb. 27, 1945 Patented Mar. 30, 1948 f RJITED STATES PATENT OFFICE3 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useiul improvements in haircurlers of a type designed for use in applying cold permanent waves tothe hair, and the invention has for its primary object to provide acollapsible hair-curling rod upon which the hair may be tightly curledor wound, and embodying means for collapsing the rod after the hair iswound thereon to provide a loosely wrapped curl while being set andwhich is essential to this type of permanent wave treatment.

More specifically, the invention comprises an elongated sectionalhair-curling rod in which the sections of the red are loosely connectedto each other at one end and providing a removable core for the rod topermit collapsing of the rod after the hair has been tightly woundthereon.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hair curler of thischaracter which may be constructed of any suitable material which is notaffected by the solution used in applying cold permanent waves to thehair.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efiicient and reliable inuse, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adaptedfor the purposes for which the same is intended.

Further objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing the rod in its expandedposition with the hair wound thereon.

Figure 2 is a similar view of another side of the rod.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of the removable core.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on a line 5-5 of Figure2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, where for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates the hair-curling rod generally which is ofelongated, transversely rounded construction and formed of a pair oflongitudinally split sections 6 and 1. One end of the sections 6 and 'lare connected by a cord .or similar flexible member 8 for looselyconnecting the inner ends of the sections of the rod together, while theother ends of the sections of the rod are free from each other.

The opposed faces of the sections 6 and I are formed with longitudinallyextending grooves 9 adapted for conformably receiving a cylindrical coreIi] which is of a length to project outwardly from the free ends of thesections 6 and l of the rod when the core is inserted between saidsections, as will be apparent from an inspection of Figure 3 of thedrawings.

The opposed faces of the sections 6 and l at their free ends arebeveled, as indicated at H, to facilitate the insertion of the core l9therebetween.

The rod 5 is gradually reduced in diameter toward the center portionthereof to provide a seat for facilitating winding of the hair I 2thereon and for retaining the hair on the rod.

In using the device for curling the hair, the

core [0 is inserted between the sections 6 and I of the rod, and thehair then wound on the rod to form the curl, as indicated in Figure 2 ofthe drawings. After the hair has been tightly wound on the rod, the coreI0 is then removed, thereby permitting the sections 6 and 1 of the rodto contract and supporting the curl loosely on the rod.

In view of the foregoing description, taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in the art. A more detailed descriptionthereof is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though I have shown anddescribed a preferred embodiment of my invention, the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described, and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A hair curler comprising a curling surface formed of a plurality oflongitudinally split sections arranged in spaced complemental relationwith respect to one another, means connecting said sections together atan end thereof so as to permit expansile and contractile movement ofsaid sections relative to each other, and a withdrawable member adaptedto be inserted between said sections to cause expansile relativemovement of said sections and maintain said sections in their spacedapart expansile movement position, and adapted upon being withdrawn tocause contractile relative movement of said sections to an extent suchas to permit the return of said sections to their original spaced apartrelation, said sections when in their maintained expansile movementposition forming an exterior surface for the winding of strands of hairto be curled thereon and when upon completion of the contractilerelative movement of said sections have the thus formed curl of hairloosely supported on said exterior surface.

2. A 'hair icurler..=comprising a curling surface formed of a pluralityof longitudinally split sections arranged in spaced complementalrelation with respect to one another, means connecting said sectionstogether at an end thereof so $35 to permit expansile and contractilemovement of said sections relative to each othenand-a'wi-thdrawablemember embodying an elongated core adapted to be inserted between saidsections to cause expansile relative movement of sam -sections andmaintain said sections in their spaced .apart expansile movementposition; sand-adapted upon being withdrawn to cause contractile n'ela-Jtive movement :of said .ssectionsitoranzextent "such as tomermitathezreturnzo'f.said sections to :their original spaced :apart irelation,.said (sections when in. their :maintained cexpansile movement positionforming an exterior surface for the winding of strands of hair to shecurled thereon and when upon completion of the-contractilerelativezmovement of said sections havethe thus :formedcurl of hairlooselysupportedzon :said exterior z-surIace.

3. A'hair. curler comprising a curling :sur face formed ofza pluralityof'longitudinallyisplit sections arranged in spaced complementaltrelation with'respect .to one zanother;:each of said :sections )beinglofrsemi=circular shape in O1flSS'i-S8Cti01l, means connecting-said15661510115 :together ratzxan lozsaid sectionsitoian extent such astofpermit the "return of said sectionstwth'eir original spaced apartrelation, said sections when in their maintained expansile movementposition forming an exterior surface for the winding of strands of hairto be curled thereon and when upon completion of the contractilerelative movement of said. sections 'havetthe thus formed curl of hairloosely supported on said exterior surface.

RU'IHEL J. MOT'I.

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